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...Indians of the Southwest for decades. Except now, on an early-spring day in 1885, he rides out of the forest seeking "the healer," a.k.a. Maggie (Cate Blanchett), who is, in fact, his deeply estranged daughter. She fixes up his minor injury but, understanding that it's just a pretext for a hoped-for reconciliation, angrily rejects...
...perhaps his most infamous move, on the day after the Sept. 11 attacks, Chomsky stated: “The terrorist attacks were major atrocities. In scale they may not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton’s bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and killing unknown numbers of people.” As a result of his poor timing and unwillingness to moderate his tone, his message was lost to anyone not already on the extreme Left. He sounded callous and dogmatic; instead of provoking change, he provoked disgust...
...nchez, 73, a millionaire who barely won the presidential race last year, had left the country for the U.S. and his letter of resignation had been read in Congress. "This protest," it complained, "has violated the essence of our democracy." Mesa was sworn in as President. Though the pretext for the uprising was Sánchez's $5 billion plan to pipe natural gas to the export market via Bolivia's historical enemy, Chile, its real cause was Sánchez's apparent indifference to the country's misery. Bolivia (pop. 8.8 million) is South America's poorest country...
...Athens as influential with Rome—almost as its cultural and political mentor. Rubbish, of course, but an illusion which was seen as useful by Nuntius and his advisers. Dazzled by the power of Rome, Narcissus was persuaded to join in the attack on the Scythians on the pretext that Vanitas was a threat to Athens. Nuntius needed no such pretext—the needs of the Roman imperium were sufficient justification for the Emperor, the Senate and the people...
...They didn’t want someone as attractive and able as him. He’s a very, very able man with a very compelling life story,” Fried said. “They had nothing on him, so Democrats came up with a pretext...